Over one year ago, opposition protests began in Syria. Chicago's Syrian community immediately began protesting at home, and trying to raise as much awareness about the issues in their country as possible. Perhaps the most notable population of the Syrian community in the Chicagoland area which took control of organizing protests were its youth.

Ahmed Rehab, the Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago will be giving the Khutbah for Eid-Al-Adha at Al-Azhar Islamic Foundation on November 6th, 2011.